6 rules for unincorporated Somerset County, New Jersey.
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New Jersey requires no statewide short-term rental permit. Registration is set by each Somerset County municipality under the Municipal Land Use Law. Montgomery, Bernards, and Bedminster require operators to register and pass safety inspection.
Rental guests follow the same state noise code as residents, N.J.A.C. 7:29-1.2, capping overnight sound at 50 dBA at a property line, plus each town's ordinance. Towns that register STRs can revoke a host's permit for repeat noise.
N.J.S.A. 2C:33-2
A person is guilty of a petty disorderly persons offense, if with purpose to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof he (1) Engages in fighting or threatening, or in violent or tumultuous behavior; or (2) Creates a hazardous or physically dangerous condition by any act which serves no legitimate purpose of the actor.
Short-term rentals under 90 days owe New Jersey's 6.625% sales tax and a municipal occupancy tax of up to 3% under N.J.S.A. 40:48F-1. Bridgewater, Somerville, and other Somerset towns can levy the local tax.
N.J.S.A. 40:48F-1
adopt an ordinance imposing a tax, at a uniform percentage rate not to exceed 1% on charges of rent for every occupancy on or after July 1, 2003 but before July 1, 2004, and not to exceed 3% on charges of rent for every occupancy on or after July 1, 2004, of a room or rooms in a hotel or transient accommodation.
No New Jersey statute sets short-term rental parking. Rules come from each Somerset County municipality's zoning and STR ordinance. Montgomery, Bernards, and Bedminster require off-street guest parking as a registration condition.
No New Jersey statute caps short-term rental occupancy. Limits come from each Somerset County municipality's STR ordinance, tied to bedroom count, and from septic capacity on properties off municipal sewer.
New Jersey sets no statewide short-term rental insurance mandate. Requirements come from each Somerset County municipality's STR ordinance. Towns that register rentals, like Montgomery and Bernards, can require proof of liability coverage.
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